The Sultanate of Masterdown is a huge, efficient nation, renowned for its compulsory military service, irreverence towards religion, and suspicion of poets. The hard-nosed, hard-working, cynical population of 259 million Masterdownians are ruled with an iron fist by the corrupt, dictatorship government, which oppresses anyone who isn't on the board of a Fortune 500 company. Large corporations tend to be above the law, and use their financial clout to gain ever-increasing government benefits at the expense of the poor and unemployed.

The tiny, well-organized government is primarily concerned with Defense, although Administration, Industry, and Law & Order are also considered important, while Spirituality and International Aid aren't funded at all. Citizens pay a flat income tax of 7.5%.

The thriving Masterdownian economy, worth 19.0 trillion Dineroes a year, is driven almost entirely by the private sector, which is broadly diversified and led by the Arms Manufacturing industry, with major contributions from Gambling, Pizza Delivery, and Furniture Restoration. Average income is 73,375 Dineroes, but there is a large disparity between incomes, with the richest 10% of citizens earning 348,141 per year while the poor average 9,126, a ratio of 38.1 to 1.

The subway is dead quiet in early afternoons, any body part that can be cut off a person is no longer considered to be their property, slaves who produce weapons are given free samples, and Brasilistanis face layers of paperwork in a different language just to visit a doctor. Crime is a problem, with the police force struggling against a lack of funding and a high mortality rate. Masterdown's national animal is the Vulture, which soars majestically through the nation's famously clear skies.

Masterdown is ranked 23,055^th in the world and 5^th in The Anduavas for Most Secular, with 47.12 Atheism Rate.